Google Fiber Continues Awful ISP Tradition of Banning “Servers”

Re:Google Fiber Continues Awful ISP Tradition of Banning “Se... by smm2000 on Monday August 12, 2013 @04:32PM (#6201622)

Electric company totally care how you plan to use electricity with different rates for consumers and businesses. What's more, businesses pay different price based on whether they are ok to reduce consumption during peak hours, reliability, etc. Also water company totally cares if you plan to sell car wash services - for one you will have to pay much higher rate for sewer.

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Re:Google Fiber Continues Awful ISP Tradition of Banning “Se... by stinky613 on Monday August 12, 2013 @05:48PM (#6202308)

I think what sours people is that there's far less grey area in "is this a business" than "is this a server". Businesses are legally defined, registered with the government, and follow a series of rules and standards that often differ from those expected of an Average Joe.

Personally, I find it asinine that setting up my own personal cloud server on a premium internet service is a ToS violation.

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Re:Google Fiber Continues Awful ISP Tradition of Banning “Se... by mikeash on Monday August 12, 2013 @04:35PM (#6201641)

These are all based entirely on quantity and timing of use, not the actual purpose, aren't they?

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